Does the POTUS Hate Evil?

Does President Obama Hate Evil? By: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Published: December 10th, 2013 Latest update: December 9th, 2013 The pivotal shortcoming of Obama's leadership and foreign policy is a failure to be reviled by evil. The pivotal shortcoming of Obama's leadership and foreign policy is a failure to be reviled by evil. Photo Credit: Nati Shohat/ FLASH90 The greatest moral failure of our time is a refusal to hate evil. Hatred of evil implies both the right to make judgments as well as a belief in moral absolutes, both of which are anathema to liberalism and modern sensibilities. Many today seek to understand, rather than resist, evil. What motivates a Palestinian suicide bomber to detonate himself and murder children? Is it degradation at the hands of Israelis? Poverty perhaps? Can we find mitigating circumstances that might excuse it? President Obama is a moral man with clear moral sensibilities. But the pivotal shortcoming of his leadership and foreign policy is a failure to be reviled by evil. When he speaks about the worst kind of abuses he uses vague, technical language and avoids definitive moral terminology. Why the reluctance to make declarative statements of an absolute nature? Because moral ambiguity can justify inaction.

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Does President Obama Hate Evil? By: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Published: December 10th, 2013 


 The pivotal shortcoming of Obama's leadership and foreign policy is a failure to be reviled by evil. The pivotal shortcoming of Obama's leadership and foreign policy is a failure to be reviled by evil. Photo Credit: Nati Shohat/ FLASH90 The greatest moral failure of our time is a refusal to hate evil. Hatred of evil implies both the right to make judgments as well as a belief in moral absolutes, both of which are anathema to liberalism and modern sensibilities. Many today seek to understand, rather than resist, evil. What motivates a Palestinian suicide bomber to detonate himself and murder children? Is it degradation at the hands of Israelis? Poverty perhaps? Can we find mitigating circumstances that might excuse it? President Obama is a moral man with clear moral sensibilities. But the pivotal shortcoming of his leadership and foreign policy is a failure to be reviled by evil. When he speaks about the worst kind of abuses he uses vague, technical language and avoids definitive moral terminology. Why the reluctance to make declarative statements of an absolute nature? Because moral ambiguity can justify inaction.

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